
Jeannine Oppewall entered the film industry in the late 1970s after a six-year association with the great design innovators, Charles and Ray Eames. She worked as a set designer (Blue Collar, Blow Out, The Rose, Honky Tonk Freeway) before rising to the position of production designer in 1983 with Tender Mercies, the modestly budgeted ‘slice of life’ film, which brought Robert Duvall an Academy Award. For the next several years, Ms Oppewall designed an impressive variety of motion pictures for a diverse list of directors, many with international credentials. These range from the Russian Andrei Konchalovsky (Maria’s Lovers) and the Brazilian Hector Babenco (Ironweed), to include Costa-Gavras (The Music Box) and Luis Mandoki (White Palace). Other credits include Love Letters, The Big Easy, Rooftops, Wonder Boys and Sibling Rivalry. Other films for which she is known are Seabiscuit (starr…
movieDeep Water
2022 · Production Design
movieRemembering Reno: Reflections on the Making of Desert Hearts
2017
movieWakefield
2017 · Production Design
movieRules Don't Apply
2016 · Production Design
movieLast Days in the Desert
2016 · Production Design
movie5 to 7
2014 · Production Design
movieAnd the Oscar Goes To...
2014 · Self - Interviewee
movieA Perfect Man
2013 · Production Design
movieThe Face of Love
2013 · Production Design
movieCasablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012 · Self
movieHow Do You Know
2010 · Production Design
moviePeacock
2010 · Production Design
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Self
movieWhatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Self
movieThe Happening
2008 · Production Design
movieAn Old Fashioned Love Story: Making 'The Bridges of Madison County'
2008 · Self
movieThe Good Shepherd
2006 · Production Design
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
2004 · Self
movieSeabiscuit
2003 · Production Design
movieCatch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
2003 · Self
movieCatch Me If You Can
2002 · Production Design
movieWaking Up in Reno
2002 · Production Design
movieThe Sum of All Fears
2002 · Production Design
movieWonder Boys
2000 · Production Design
movieSnow Falling on Cedars
1999 · Production Design
moviePleasantville
1998 · Production Design
movieL.A. Confidential
1997 · Production Design
movieThe Rich Man's Wife
1996 · Production Design
moviePrimal Fear
1996 · Production Design
movieThe Bridges of Madison County
1995 · Production Design
movieLosing Isaiah
1995 · Production Design
movieCorrina, Corrina
1994 · Production Design
movieThe Wrong Man
1993 · Production Design
movieThe Vanishing
1993 · Production Design
movieSchool Ties
1992 · Production Design
movieSibling Rivalry
1990 · Production Design
movieWhite Palace
1990 · Production Design
movieMusic Box
1989 · Set Designer, Production Design
movieAnimal Behavior
1989 · Production Design
movieRooftops
1989 · Production Design
movieIronweed
1987 · Production Design
movieLight of Day
1987 · Production Design
movieThe Big Easy
1986 · Production Design
movieDesert Hearts
1985 · Production Design
movieMaria's Lovers
1984 · Production Design
movieRacing with the Moon
1984 · Set Designer
movieLove Letters
1983 · Art Direction
movieTender Mercies
1983 · Art Direction
movieCat People
1982 · Set Designer
movieBlow Out
1981 · Set Designer
movieBlue Collar
1978 · Woman with Bicycle (uncredited)